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2024 Alaska elections

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Elections in Alaska
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Alaska state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 20, 2024.

Federal offices

President of the United States

Donald Trump won Alaska's 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

United States House of Representatives

Incumbent Democratic representative Mary Peltola lost reelection to Nick Begich III after first being elected in the 2022 special election.

State offices

State judiciary

Judges and justices are appointed by the governor and must be approved by voters at the first statewide general election held more than three years after their appointment, and then every 10 years afterwards. All members of the judiciary were approved by voters in the election.

On the Alaska Supreme Court, Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed justices Dario Borghesan (in 2020) and Jennifer S. Henderson (in 2021) appeared on the ballot and were approved by voters. Both thus have an initial term of 10 years, expiring in 2034.

On the Alaska Court of Appeals, incumbent judge Marjorie Allard was approved by voters to serve another 10-year term, while Timothy Terrell was approved by voters after being appointed in 2020 by governor Mike Dunleavy.

Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman, described as the "only with a campaign against him" due to a controversial decision which found state payments to families of homeschooled students unconstitutional.

State legislature

All 40 seats of the Alaska House of Representatives and 10 of 20 seats of the Alaska State Senate were up for election.

State senate

The bipartisan majority caucus retained its majority, albeit with two seats with majority-caucus affiliated Republicans flipping to independent Republicans.

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Coalition	Gary Stevens	17	15	2
	Republican	Shelley Hughes	3	5	2
Total			20	20

House of Representatives

The Democratic-led bipartisan coalition achieved a majority of seats.

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Democratic-led Coalition	Calvin Schrage	16	21	5
	Republican-led Coalition	Cathy Tilton	23	19	4
	Independent Republican	David Eastman	1	0	1
Total			40	40

Ballot measure

Measure 1

A ballot measure was approved by voters which would increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 and expand sick paid leave. The minimum wage in Alaska at the time of the election was $11.73 an hour, an inflation-adjusted amount of the $9.75 an hour minimum wage enacted after the passage of the 2014 Ballot Measure 3.

Measure 2

A ballot measure was narrowly rejected by voters which would have returned the state to its traditional first-past-the-post voting system, reversing the 2020 Ballot Measure 2 which created the ranked choice, multi-round voting system that governed the 2022 and 2024 elections.

See also

• Bilingual elections requirement for Alaska (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)

Notes

1. Includes overvotes, undervotes, and exhausted ballots where another candidate was not ranked.
2. Consists of 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
3. Consists of 9 Democrats, 6 and Republicans.
4. 1 Republican caucused with 11 Democrats and 4 Independents to form a minority coalition caucus.
5. 2 Republicans caucus with 14 Democrats and 5 Independents to form a new majority coalition caucus.
6. 2 Democrats caucused with 20 Republicans and 1 Independent to form a majority coalition caucus.
7. 19 Republicans remained in the minority caucus.

References

1. "State of Alaska 2024 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report November 5, 2024 OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
2. "State of Alaska 2024 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report November 5, 2024 OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
3. "US House RCV Detailed Report" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
4. "Judges Standing for Retention". www.ajc.state.ak.us. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
5. ^ Boots, Michelle Theriault. "Alaska judges appear headed for retention". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
6. "OPINION: It's time to remove Judge Zeman from the bench". Alaska Watchman. October 14, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
7. Brooks, James (May 27, 2024). "Judicial Council recommends Alaskans keep all judges, including figure behind correspondence ruling • Alaska Beacon". Alaska Beacon. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
8. Stone, Eric (November 7, 2024). "Coalition lawmakers say they're confident bipartisan Alaska House majority will hold". Alaska Public Radio. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
9. Kitchenman, Andrew (November 26, 2024). "New Alaska House majority caucus names priorities, committee chairs". Alaska Beacon. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
10. Rosen, Yereth (October 18, 2024). "Alaskans to vote on measure raising the minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave • Alaska Beacon". Alaska Beacon. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
11. White, Ava (September 5, 2024). "Anchorage business owners offer support for ballot measure to raise minimum wage". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
12. DeMarban, Alex (November 6, 2024). "Ballot Measure 1, aimed at boosting Alaska minimum wage, passing by wide margin". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
13. "Covered Areas for Voting Rights Bilingual Election Materials—2015", Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006, Determinations Under Section 203, Federal Register, retrieved October 13, 2020, A Notice by the Census Bureau on 12/05/2016

External links

• Alaska at Ballotpedia
• "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020